  {"id":206613,"date":"2024-11-19T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=206613"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:53:32","slug":"history-students-win-national-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/19\/history-students-win-national-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101noa history students win national honors for 2nd straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_206627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206627\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-epsilon.jpg\" alt=\"group photo in europe\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-206627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-epsilon.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-epsilon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-epsilon-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpha Beta Epsilon at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford this summer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/history\/\">History<\/a> students at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa have once again earned national recognition for their academic excellence and dedication. The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/history\/undergraduate-program\/history-honor-society\/\">Alpha Beta Epsilon<\/a> chapter at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa earned the Best Chapter Award in Division <abbr title=\"Roman numeral five\">V<\/abbr> from the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. The award, which recognizes chapters for exceptional efforts in promoting historical study and engagement, is given annually by the national organization. Division <abbr title=\"Roman numeral five\">V<\/abbr> includes schools with enrollments between 15,001 and 23,000. This is the chapter\u2019s first consecutive win and sixth overall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 2023&#8211;24 academic year was a memorable year for our chapter. We increased our student membership, hosted a range of historical skills workshops and movie nights, and organized a research trip to explore <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> material culture in the United Kingdom\u2019s museums,&rdquo; said Carissa Chew, last year\u2019s chapter president who is now a doctoral student in Scotland.<\/p>\n<h2>Trek overseas<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_206626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-206626\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-eplison-2-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"students discussing in front of a white board\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-206626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-eplison-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-eplison-2-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/manoa-history-alpha-beta-eplison-2-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-206626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chapter brings students and faculty together to share interests in history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the group\u2019s research trip to the <abbr>UK<\/abbr>, members collaborated with professionals at the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University. The experience provided valuable insights into potential career paths in museum care and preservation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am so proud of our leadership and the support we&#8217;ve received over the years. Our organization is consistently finding new ways to adapt to a changing academic landscape, and I&#8217;d say we&#8217;re doing pretty well,&rdquo; said Kale Kanaeholo, the chapter\u2019s current president.<\/p>\n<h2>Repeated recognition<\/h2>\n<p>The chapter is also referred to as <abbr>PAT<\/abbr>&#8211;<abbr>ABE<\/abbr> which is a combination of the acronyms for the national honor society and the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> chapter. The group\u2019s previous wins came in 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023. This year\u2019s award includes a $250 cash prize and a certificate of recognition.<\/p>\n<p>For more on joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/history\/undergraduate-program\/history-honor-society\/\">Alpha Beta Epsilon<\/a> chapter email <a href=\"mailto:patmanoa@hawaii.edu\">patmanoa@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alpha Beta Epsilon chapter at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa earned recognition for displaying exceptional efforts in promoting historical study and engagement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1471,225,660,9],"class_list":["post-206613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-history","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206613"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206660,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206613\/revisions\/206660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}